A Lesbian Couple Was The Victim Of A Misspelled Anti-Gay Slur On Google Maps

Jodi McDaniel and her wife Jennifer McDaniel Mann thought to live surrounded by neighbors with no problem with the fact that they are lesbians but their son was recently discovered that the name of their road was renamed to indicate that a lesbian couple is living here.

Indeed, when using Google Maps, the couple's son discovered that someone had renamed, with a big error in spelling, the road on which they live in North Corolina: "Fagits live here."

Google, alerted of the problem, corrected the information but it took a month.

According to the New York Daily News, because Google Maps uses a crowdsourced tool to make edits, it’s possible the culprit recommended the change through Google Map Maker and garnered enough approval for the homophobic comment.

However, some edits are reviewed by Google editors, but only “high profile features such as National Highways and well-known landmarks,” according to Google’s FAQ.